His statement: "And He created the jinn"—Iblis—"from a smokeless flame of fire," meaning from the tongue of fire and its blaze, according to the interpretation of al-Hasan.
Muhammad said: The blaze of fire is called "marij" because of its flickering, from the verb "maraja," meaning it fluctuated and did not settle. Al-Hasan said: All mankind, down to the last of them, are the progeny of Adam.
قَوْله: ﴿وَخلق الجان﴾ إِبْلِيس ﴿مِنْ مَارِجٍ مِنْ نَارٍ﴾ أَي: من لِسَان النَّار ولهبها فِي تَفْسِير الحَسَن.
قَالَ مُحَمَّد: يُقَال للهب النَّار: مارجٌ لاضطرابه، من مرج الشَّيْء يَعْنِي اضْطربَ وَلم يسْتَقرّ. قَالَ الْحسن: الْإِنْس كلهم من عِنْد آخِرهم ولد آدم.
